Gränsfors Bruks Wildlife Hatchet & Outdoor Axe

Testing and compering Gränsfors Bruks Wildlife Hatchet and Outdoor Axe.
Gränsfors Bruks Outdoor Axe:
Length with handle: 37 cm (14.5”)
Weight: 0,5 kg (17.6 oz)
Sheath in vegetable-tanned leather
Made in Sweden
Gränsfors Bruks Wildlife Hatchet:
Length with handle: 34 cm (13.5”)
Weight: 0,6 kg (1.3 lb)
Sheath in vegetable-tanned leather
Made in Sweden
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[@felixcat9318]

Years ago I saw a video on mini hatchets and the guy made splitting wedges with the mini hatchet which he used with battons he'd also made. The Old Jimbo video really was an eye opener about the capabilities of mini hatchets and using simple techniques to achieve what might initially have seemed to be impossible. Knowledge and skill enabled that mini hatchet to do truly remarkable feats. I've never been so well informed as I was watching that video, it was what helped me to decide on my first hatchet.

[@northwoodsrat6686]

Thanks Mike for this side by side comparison of these two beautiful tools. I didn't realize that the Outdoor axe was predominantly a splitting tool. Quite a huge difference when comparing their top view profiles. This definitely will help me to make a more informed decision at purchase time. Thanks again, and ATVB.

[@theswedemike219]

I’m glad that my video helped you. I know it doesn’t look like it in the video but it is a big difference in how much force you need to use to split wood.

[@lucasspiros]

i bought wildlife hatchet its realy beautiful swedish quality axe 👍

[@johnclifford1911]

This is perhaps the best comparison between these two tools on KZbin. I would have thought the slightly heavier, bigger-headed Wildlife Hatchet would have split better, and that the difference was between you not striking the same, but after you split several logs with each it was obvious there was a difference... and as you point out it's all in the design of the axe head. Great job!

[@theswedemike219]

Thank you, I real appreciate that you find use of my comparison.

[@jacobpetersen5662]

A different KZbin review DID find the Wildlife to be the better splitter, but a fairly good margin.

[@survivalist9818]

Great review I have both and completely agree with you. Thanks for the video.

[@dr.stevenpennym.d.3241]

Great video. I received my first one this week. I can't wait...

[@AverageNiceGuy]

Nicely done. Thank you 😎

[@2manysigns]

Great review !

[@marB84]

Thanks for this comparison vid. I've wanted one of these two for a while, but I couldn't find a decent comparison of them. So again, thanks! Subbed!

[@theswedemike219]

I´m glad that I could help. :-)

[@maxthylin3125]

You made the decision much more easier for my upcoming trip.

[@nonya5475]

Same for me and Backyard Bram. I wanted one of the two but could not decide. Saw this review and ordered the Outdoor Axe and am waiting to get it. A bit lighter also, so that makes it better for me with a backpack. Ty for the good review.

[@grumpyoldwizard]

Nice Axe!

[@yaroslavbozhkov1567]

Thanks!

[@revdocjim2002]

Thanks for the review. I got the outdoor axe last year and just today I got the wildlife. I intend on keeping the wildlife by my stove for splitting kindling. The outdoor serves multiple purposes. Most of my splitting work is with big trees so I use the large splitter and the splitting maul. I love them all!

[@thijmenelshout4456]

Is the outdoor axe good for cutting trees?

[@dustoff499]

I just received mine and that axe bit is (seriously) sharp as a knife. Scary sharp!

[@paulie4x1]

Say Heah Mike, I have a G. B. Small Forest Axe and I luv it. But I got lucky to buy my 17" Hultafors Bruks Agdor Hatchet that I bought it as a closeout, I got mine spot on, And because it's compact, It became my Fav. Bush Craft Hatchet, Thanx You.

[@benjaminbowen3365]

Thanks for this vid - I bought a WL hatchet and the next day returned it to get the OD axe on the basis of this vid. I needed a smaller log/kindling splitter and it works perfectly for the job

[@mikaelhovberg4258]

Benjamin Bowen it always makes me happy when some one find my vids helpful. Thank you for your comment. Hope you will enjoy your OD axe!

[@JamesAnderson-nl3sn]

Excellent informative review, tack sa mycket !!,

[@theswedemike219]

Thank U, I really appreciate it!

[@sifusasdo2314]

Cool Video 👍 Thank U for the Info and the Links 👍 Will buy the Outdoor Axe U got a new subscriber

[@theswedemike219]

Thank you!

[@freeravenadventures6925]

Just picked a wildlife hatchet up online from LL Bean... $125 USD... great price

[@MaZEEZaM]

Thanks so much for this video, I came here for a review of the wildlife hatchet and come away with the outdoor axe as my choice given the the primary purpose I want the axe for is splitting wood and being a very weak person I require as efficient tool as possible. 🐸

[@theswedemike219]

I hope you will be happy with your choice. Personally I like the outdoor axe better.

[@spooky7158]

Endelig en bra forklaring på disse 2 øksene. Jeg fikk endelig bestemt meg-takk!

[@theswedemike219]

Tack själv! Det är roligt att min video hjälper andra att veta vad de ska köpa. 😊

[@joelvelazquez1892]

Subscribed.

[@theswedemike219]

Thank you! :-)

[@jhenne2867]

Tacka för ein Bra Video. Hälsa von Tyskland

[@theswedemike219]

Vielen dank! :-)

[@jackrussel1799]

Nice hatchet's, good video! i have the wildlife hatchet my self to, fine hatchet. greetings from the Netherlands!

[@theswedemike219]

Thank U my hatchet friend! Yeah it´s a really nice hatchet. Worth every penny. :-)

[@astheniacat8710]

I have both. Along with 7 other GBAs lol im addicted

[@MrModguru]

You made my decision easier. Thanks

[@DoomOfConviction]

I have a silky and don’t need to chop and if I use my Bravo 1 so I just search a splitting tool for larger logs and the outdoor axe seems to fit my needs the best.

[@samsmith8870]

Good review! It helped me decided which axe to get.

[@steffenslnes2823]

Wildlife og outdoor?

[@theswedemike219]

Glad I could help!

[@filipvrijders4285]

Thanks, I know now wich to buy😊

[@Rupertblade]

I'm an old Italian hiker and hunter and I always had a small hatchet with me. Because I' m also an axes collector I have seversl Gransfors axes and hatchets and one Outdoor Axe. I tried it several times to cut with it wood for a fire and other camping chores and it did properly what was meant to do. The only real problem is its outrageous price; in Italy 135,00 euro. Yes the manufacturing is fantastic but the steel according the producer is "recicled steel" and not valuable steel coming from Swedish ore as they hint in their brochures. All in all their steel looks like a C70 steel with about 0,7 C 0.7 Mn 0.25 Si. Basicallyi it's a cheap steel good for the purpose of building an axe but not real renowm swedish steel. I have an Italian hatchet built with C70 steel with similar and for me better handling caracteristics than Gransfors Outdoor and it costs 30,0 euro. All the features duration and cutting properties have resulted after a long use and abuse the same. So how can Gransfors justify a 100,0 euro differentemente between the relative prices? If Gransfors people read this notes I should like a direct answer from them! Perhaps the answer is that they produce for collectors, like me, who can pay for an item beautiful to collect but not for the everyman who cuts wood for business or household use!.

[@aaahbeeeh3374]

sweet. is what i looked for. could you compare the outdoor axe and the fiskars x7 side by side? how is your long term feeling about the outdoor axe, especially about the handle stability, the edge-holding of the steel, etc?

[@theswedemike219]

I wish the outdoor axe had little thicker handle but that is about it. The steel is awesome, hold its sharpness really well and do not roll very easily. I haven't used the fiskars but I will keep that in mind.

[@LexLuthor1234]

Thank you for the video Mike:) So for the typical person going backpacking in the forrest, wouldnt the the outdoor ax make more sense, for exactly splitting wood better, to create firewood and such? Because as long as the outdoor ax carves wood well enough to help makes stakes and the likes, one has a knife for the finer carving stuff after all, but nothing else to help split than the axe.

[@LexLuthor1234]

@@gov3rningeight Thank you for the reply :) Yep, this is what i am thinking too, with regards to what an axe of this type needs to be able to do. And Thanks for knife advice as well! (Y)

[@mikkeljylland9153]

So maybe an outdoor axe and a folding saw for a trip would be a good choice.

[@arctichare8185]

Just an observation: EVERY axe can be sharp and EVERY axe can be blunt. For example, if you have the sharpest axe in the world but strike stones or metal with the edge, it will become dull. Also, during normal use it will become dull after a while. Meanwhile, if you take the dullest axe on earth and sharpen it very well, the axe will become very sharp.

[@theswedemike219]

Well, yes bit that is not the whole truth. Depending on the steel alloy and the hardening there is quite a big difference in edge retention.

[@dash8465]

Good comparison, but think about how you'll use it before buying... Some might say, "I'll backpack a saw too, then split what I cut with the Outdoorsman". Ok, but how thick are you willing to make repeated cuts.. then have to also split? I usually scrounge up dead/dry stuff in the 3" range, split only enough to get the fire going, then feed whole pieces I cut with a Silky or Boreal21, plus finer cutting and shaping misc stuff around camp. I split very very little and greatly prefer the Wildlife over the Outdoorsman (I have both) . The Outdoorsman is great for car camping, splitting wood cut with a chainsaw and brought along, or just keeping around the house for the firepit... but I dont care for it much at all in the wild. Honestly, the Small Forset Axe is better than these two put together...

[@passwordistaco507]

Pick one, just one. All around use. Home, camp, etc

[@theswedemike219]

I would probably go with the outdoor axe. It is a better splitter and that’s what I usually use an axe for.

[@Doublebit-pk1el]

If just 1 go with small forest axe over these 2. But I own the wildlife hatchet and love it also

[@johnnybeanz1296]

Is the outdoor axe what used to be called the “small splitting axe”? Nice vid.

[@redpepper876]

No

[@redhedkev1]

I recently got this hatchet. It does not have a metal ring in the top of the hatchet. The wedge is in the handle top, inside the hatchet head opening, but not the metal piece. Did they stop doing this?

[@theswedemike219]

Hi, Not that I know of. They still have the same outdoor axe as mine on there website. You should check if you got the right one. It should be exactly as mine in the video.

[@MaZEEZaM]

Btw when clicking on your channel it shows up saying has no content. Only by clicking on the video tab does it Show your content.

[@theswedemike219]

Thank U, I will check it out.

[@n9oqu]

Is the Outdoor Axe the Scandinavian Forest Axe?

[@whengrapespop5728]

Bob McGarry Nope

[@RubiksTimmey]

Varför använder du inte "vanliga" messurments i videon? hehe

[@duett445]

Just det varför använder du tum , i sverige pratar man millimeter eller centimeter .

[@simply_in_sweden]

Why do you write "Bruks" in the title if it's pronounced "Bruk". I also wonder why almost all Americans say Bruks. Tack